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Employment Rights and Protection
- English
The State works to promote parity between men and women in the market of employment.
The State encourages the promotion of women to responsibilities in the public institutions and administrations as well as at the level of enterprises. (Art. 68) - Arabic
تعمل الدولة على ترقية التناصف بين الرجال والنساء في سوق التشغيل.
تشجع الدولة ترقية المرأة في مناصب المسؤولية في الهيئات والإدارات العمومية وعلى مستوى المؤسسات. (المــادة 68) - French
L'Etat œuvre à promouvoir la parité entre les hommes et les femmes sur le marché de l'emploi.
L'Etat encourage la promotion de la femme aux responsabilités dans les institutions et administrations publiques ainsi qu'au niveau des entreprises. (Art. 68)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State guarantees workers equal working conditions and wages regardless of their sex, beliefs, opinions and marital status. (Art. 35-2)
- FrenchL'Etat garantit au travailleur, l'égalité des conditions de travail et de salaire quel que soit son sexe, ses croyances, ses opinions et son statut matrimonial. (Art. 35.2)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
1. The state, within its constitutional powers and the means at its disposal, as well as in support of the private initiative and responsibility, aims towards:
a) employment under suitable conditions for all persons who are able to work;
… (Art. 59) - Albanian
1. Shteti, brenda kompetencave kushtetuese dhe mjeteve që disponon, si dhe në plotësim të nismës dhe të përgjegjësisë private, synon:
a) punësimin në kushte të përshtatshme të të gjithë personave të aftë për punë;
… (Neni 59)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
(1) Everyone has the right to free choice of employment.
(2) All individuals, without any form of discrimination, have the right to equal pay for equal work. (Art. 30) - Kinyarwanda
(1) Umuntu wese afite uburenganzira bwo guhitamo no gukora umurimo umunogeye.
(2) Abantu bakora umurimo umwe bagomba guhembwa kimwe nta vangura iryo ari ryo ryose. (Art. 30) - French
(1) Toute personne a droit au libre choix de son travail.
(2) Toutes les personnes ont droit, sans aucune discrimination, à un salaire égal pour un travail égal. (Art. 30)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English…
(22) every person shall have the right and the obligation to work;
… (Preamble) - French…
(22) Tout homme a le droit et le devoir de travailler;
… (Préambule)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
All Nicaraguans have the right to elect and to exercise freely their [su] profession [profesión] or office [oficio] and to choose a place of work, with no requirements other than the academic degree and that it fulfills a social function. (Art. 86)
- Spanish
Todo nicaragüense tiene derecho a elegir y ejercer libremente su profesión u oficio y a escoger un lugar de trabajo, sin más requisitos que el título académico y que cumpla una función social. (Art. 86)
Employment Rights and Protection
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Young people, mothers and persons with disabilities shall be entitled to special protection at work. (Art. 64) - Croatian…
Mladež, majke i osobe s invaliditetom imaju pravo na osobitu zaštitu na radu. (Članak 64)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) Everyone has the right to fair labour practices.
… (Sec. 23)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
Every citizen has the right to decent conditions of work and to an equitable remuneration.
No one may be deprived of their income, by virtue of taxation, beyond a quota of which the level is determined by the law. (Art. 15) - French
Tout citoyen a droit à des conditions de travail décentes et à une rémunération équitable.
Nul ne peut être privé de ses revenus, du fait de la fiscalité, au-delà d'une quotité dont le niveau est déterminé par la loi. (Art. 15)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe maximum duration of the ordinary working day will not exceed eight daily hours and 48 weekly hours, of daytime, except those legally established for special motives. The law will establish more favorable working days for the unsanitary, dangerous, painful, [and] night time tasks, or those whose development is in continuous rotating shifts.
The annual leaves of absence and vacations will be remunerated in accordance with the law. (Art. 91) - SpanishLa duración máxima de la jornada ordinaria de trabajo no excederá de ocho horas diarias y cuarenta y ocho horas semanales, diurnas, salvo las legalmente establecidas por motivos especiales. La ley fijará jornadas más favorables para las tareas insalubres, peligrosas, penosas, nocturnas o las que se desarrollen en turnos continuos rotativos.
Los descansos y las vacaciones anuales serán remunerados conforme con la ley. (Art. 91)